The ICC approved model-code changes that extend ASTM gate-safety standards to manual sliding and swing gates after a Marin child's 2019 death. Advocates say simple fixes could save lives.

April EDD data show North Bay jobless rates fell for a second month, with Marin at 3.7% and Lake County still highest at 6.7%. Industry shifts in health care and information shaped the changes.

A new bill would formalize and fund organized sports in California prisons, using San Quentin's teams and outside partnerships as a possible statewide model.

Skyrocketing child care bills are forcing Bay Area parents to cut hours, quit jobs or cobble together care while local fixes remain patchy.

Marin County is holding meetings across West Marin to update septic rules. Residents say long permits and steep replacement bills are putting seniors and ADUs at risk.

Tamalpais trustees will debate a campuswide cellphone policy April 14, weighing locking pouches against teacher collection as parents and students split.

Longtime Reason editor Brian Doherty died after a fall at Battery Yates in the Marin Headlands. He was 57 and was known for Radicals for Capitalism.

A Mill Valley Middle School world‑languages teacher was placed on leave after a parent complaint flagged social‑media posts parents say promoted violence and targeted protected groups.

Neighbors and the developer struck a settlement that caps commuting students and narrows the Seminary at Strawberry plan, clearing a path to a March 30 Planning Commission review. The deal also raises questions about displacement and relocation for current renters.

A CHIS briefing shows food insecurity among Bay Area low‑income adults jumped sharply in 2024, with county rates varying widely and charities shifting operations.

An SF Chronicle tract‑level map ranks Bay Area neighborhoods by how evenly incomes are spread, highlighting surprising pockets of mix and entrenched zones of wealth or poverty.

San Rafael approved project‑management and design contracts to ready a 65‑cabin interim shelter at 350 Merrydale, even as neighbors press legal challenges and funding questions.

Two Sonoma women turned survival into a support network that helped deliver courtroom testimony as Nathan Chasing Horse heads to sentencing on March 11.